{"id":490451,"date":"2019-09-24T07:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=889508"},"modified":"2019-09-24T07:50:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:50:37","slug":"paul-mccartney-reminisces-about-beatles-john-lennon-on-colbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/paul-mccartney-reminisces-about-beatles-john-lennon-on-colbert\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney Reminisces About Beatles, John Lennon on \u2018Colbert\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paul McCartney<\/a> reminisced about the Beatles<\/a> during an interview with Stephen Colbert<\/a> on The Late Show<\/em> on Monday. The legendary musician, who recently released his new children\u2019s book, Hey Grandude!<\/em><\/a>, spoke of his bond with John Lennon<\/a>, experiencing the fallout from the Beatles\u2019 break up and how his dreams have inspired him.<\/p>\n

Colbert asked McCartney about losing his mother at the age of 14, and McCartney noted that Lennon\u2019s mother also died when he was a teenager. \u201cSo we had a kind of bond that we both knew about that, we knew that feeling,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I never thought that it affected my music until years later.\u201d McCartney explained that people connected the lyrics from \u201cYesterday\u201d to his mother\u2019s death. \u201cI certainly didn\u2019t mean it to be. But it could be, you know those things can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

McCartney said he often dreams about Lennon. \u201cThe thing is when you\u2019ve had a relationship like that for so long, it was such a deep relationship. You know, I love it when people revisit you in your dreams. So, I often have band dreams and they\u2019re crazy,\u201d he said, before discussing one, which involved him peeling sticky tape off his bass while trying to speak with Lennon. \u201cI have a lot of dreams about John. And they\u2019re always good.\u201d Later, he added the song \u201cYesterday\u201d originated during a dream.<\/p>\n

Colbert shared a black-and-white photo of Lennon and McCartney, which brought back more memories. \u201cThat\u2019s a very special picture for me, actually, because when the Beatles broke up a lot of the talk was like I was the villain and that John and I didn\u2019t really get on well,\u201d McCartney recalled. \u201cAnd there was a lot of down talk about it \u2019cause everyone was sad the Beatles had broken up. And I kinda bought into it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cYou know \u2019cause when you\u2019re called it enough, you start thinking, \u2018Well, maybe I was.\u2019 So I had to do a lot of wrangling with, \u2018Was I, wasn\u2019t I? Did I know John? Were we friends or anything?\u2019 Knowing really we were, but there were so many rumors about it. And that photo, when I saw that, it\u2019s like, \u2018Yes, we were friends.\u2019 And it\u2019s a beautiful photo for me \u2019cause it just reminds me of us working together and how cool it was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier in their interview, McCartney also reflected on his and the Beatles\u2019 vast catalog, their first tour, their first time at the Ed Sullivan Theater where The Late Show<\/em> tapes, and how their songs continue to resonate.<\/p>\n